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St Mary’s Active Week Montage, June 2020

Dear parents / guardians, Please find below a link to the Active School Week montage, it lasts around seven minutes.  You can see the joy the children got from being so active. Thank you for embracing the activities and for sending in photos. (If you cannot view the video directly in your browser, you can download this video  by clicking the download icon on
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March 30th, 2020

advice-to-young-people-while-schools-are-closed guide-for-parents-supporting-children Dear Parents / Guardians, As you are now aware, the Minister for Education has closed schools across the country until 19th April, 2020. This closure may be extended by the Minister in the weeks ahead. The Department of Education and Skills (DES) and the various stakeholders such as the National Parents Council, the Teaching Council and management bodies of schools will be
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Corona Virus Info, Educational Websites and Activities, March 2020

As expected, it is now confirmed that we will not return to school this week. The earliest we will be back to school is after Easter break, 19h April. We hope you and your family are doing well during this time of change. Please find below a variety of different resources that may come in handy over the coming weeks. Child Friendly Coronavirus Info For a printable
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County Photos

Dear parents / guardians, One or two parents were asking today about the photos that were taken in school before the break.  If any parents / guardians still have the form for County Photos and wish to order some, you can do so online using the code and instructions on the form.  The orders that were returned to school have been sent on to
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Evolving Situation, March 24th 2020

Dear parents / guardians, I hope this email finds you well given the circumstances and coping with the current level of restrictions.  I am aware, though,  that many people are going through very complicated and stressful situations to do with work and trying to look after family members.   The teachers of St. Mary’s NS will continue to keep in touch with their classes and
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Government directed Schools Closure due to Covid-19

Dear parents / guardians, An announcement was made this morning by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD of the closure from Friday 13 March, of schools, pre-schools and further and higher education settings, for a period until 29 March 2020, to support efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19. This is in line with the advice of the National Public Health Emergency Team. All pupils
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World Book Day at St Mary’s, March 2020

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Peace Proms 2020

(Written by Anna Morrissey and Saoirse Tallis) Tomorrow we, 5th class, will take part in the Peace Proms 2020. Schools from all over the South East will sing together with the Cross Border Orchestra with over 100 members. We’ve been learning all of the songs since September and have worked really hard! It has been so much fun and we feel that this is
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1st Class Nativity Play, Ms Power, Dec 2019

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1st Class Nativity Play, Ms Kelly, Dec 2019

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Aaron the Allergic Shepherd, 2nd Class, Ms Tyrrell

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Senior Infant Play, Ms Lanigan and Ms Cummins, Dec 2019

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St Mary’s Christmas Carol Service, Dec 2019

All students and staff gathered in the School Hall for the annual Carol Service at St Mary’s on Tuesday. A number of readings were read by students, and these were accompanied by some fabulous singing of carols and recorder recitals under the direction of our Music Generation teacher, Barbra Kelly, and our music teacher, Ms Kenny. The introductory song was sang by the children
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The Student’s Council Hit the Airwaves, Dec 2019

Six children from St Mary’s Student Council were live on KCLR this Tuesday, December 2nd. The link is the audio file of the interview and if you go to 21 minutes the children are interviewed at that stage. They even get to sing with Tommy Flemming! The children are a credit to the school and to their families, they come across happy and confident.   https://kclr96fm.com/kclr-live-tuesday-3rd-december-2019-part-two/ Le
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Book Fair, Christmas Cards and Shoeboxes, Nov 2019

Dear parents, Thank you for supporting our recent initiatives:   We collected 175 Shoe-boxes for Team Hope this year.  Click on this link to see where the shoeboxes go! https://www.teamhope.ie/christmas-shoebox-appeal/where-your-shoeboxes-go/#play-video Our Christmas Card sales were superb and we raised just under €2,000, As previously stated, these funds will go towards yard improvements and playground equipment that will be added to the school over the course of
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